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    Untamed Shore
    Untamed Shore
    Untamed Shore
    Audiobook8 hours

    Untamed Shore

    Written by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Narrated by Maria Liatis

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    About this audiobook

    Renowned author Silvia Moreno-Garcia's first thriller, UNTAMED SHORE, is a coming-of-age story set in Mexico which quickly turns dark when a young woman meets three enigmatic tourists.

    Baja California, 1979. Viridiana spends her days watching the dead sharks piled beside the seashore, as the fishermen pull their nets. There is nothing else to do, nothing else to watch, under the harsh sun. She’s bored. Terribly bored. Yet her head is filled with dreams of Hollywood films, of romance, of a future beyond the drab town where her only option is to marry and have children.

    Three wealthy American tourists arrive for the summer, and Viridiana is magnetized. She immediately becomes entwined in the glamorous foreigners’ lives. They offer excitement, and perhaps an escape from the promise of a humdrum future.

    When one of them dies, Viridiana lies to protect her friends. Soon enough, someone’s asking questions, and Viridiana has some of her own about the identity of her new acquaintances. Sharks may be dangerous, but there are worse predators nearby, ready to devour a naïve young woman who is quickly being tangled in a web of deceit.

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia is one of the most exciting voices in fiction, and with her first crime novel, UNTAMED SHORE, she crafts a blazing novel of suspense with an eerie seaside setting and a literary edge that proves her a master of the genre.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateFeb 11, 2020
    ISBN9781980059745
    Untamed Shore
    Author

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow, Untamed Shore, and many other books. She has also edited several anthologies, including the World Fantasy Award-winning She Walks in Shadows (a.k.a. Cthulhu's Daughters).

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    • 4/5
      Very delightful historical fiction novel with thriller elements. I enjoyed the main character development a lot. The narrator has done a great job with this audiobook.

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    • 5/5
      A cure story about a woman looking to strike out on her own and live for her dreams and ambitions. I quickly became invested in Viridiana’s dreams and hopes. The plot twists kept me going as well!
    • 4/5
      I acquired this as part of a noir bundle, and initially it really doesn't feel like it, it has a literary crime slow burn t it, but eventually a darker edge creeps in and it probably does just fit into noir.Its set in a small fishing village in baja California towards the mexican border, sometime in the 70s or so. Tourism is the key economic driver, but small villages don't get many visitors. Virgidana named after a film is a clever girl who earns a living translating for tourists when she can escape her devout catholic family. One day an old author with a young wife and her brother, rent out a property for the summer so he can 'finish' a book, they hire our heroine to take notes, and translate with the locals as necessary. The brother appears smitten with her, and although her family are disapproving she chooses not to reject him. Fairly soon though she starts having doubts about their relationship, and those of the author and wife.It's a lazy languid style that eloquently captures the tedium of small village life, the oppression and gossip and the lure of 70s glamour that's visible but not really present. I enjoyed this more than I initially thought I would and will keep an eye out for the author's other works.
    • 5/5
      Deception, lies and blackmail. Silvia Moreno-Garcia's noir writing skills shine in this twisty, slow burn suspense novel!Living under the adage that a fish can only grow as big as it's bowl, naive 18 year old Viridiana watches classic movies and dreams of a life far away from her small village.Working as a tour guide in a remote fishing town, it is both luck and misfortune when she accepts a personal assistant job for a wealthy traveler and his two companions.As the events unfold and Viridiana becomes entangled in a web of duplicity and betrayal, she comes to realize nothing is as it seems, and her life will be forever altered.Engaging narrative, sinister characters, and vividly described settings create an engrossing story with a stunning conclusion.This is the second book I've read by this author and I'm looking forward to more!*Thank you Silvia Moreno-Garcia, NetGalley and Polis Books for the opportunity to read this novel in exchange for my honest review.